Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2133 Compare Versions

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2	2	By: Powell S.B. No. 2133
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the implementation of a statewide case management
8	8	system for judicial case information.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 72, Government Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Section 72.0305 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 72.0305. STATEWIDE CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. (a) The
13	13	office shall implement a statewide case management system:
14	14	(1) to provide to counties and the Department of
15	15	Public Safety immediate access to judicial case information; and
16	16	(2) for timely reporting of criminal history and
17	17	mental health records and domestic violence protective orders for
18	18	background checks.
19	19	(b) The statewide case management system must:
20	20	(1) include each document or pleading filed for a
21	21	felony criminal matter, mental health adjudication, or domestic
22	22	violence protective order in a state court unless electronic filing
23	23	for the document or pleading is prohibited under any other law;
24	24	(2) allow state court judges access to the system for
25	25	criminal offense sentencing determinations or to perform other
26	26	duties assigned by law;
27	27	(3) allow counties and the Department of Public Safety
28	28	access to information in the system necessary to perform duties
29	29	assigned by law;
30	30	(4) automatically deliver arrest and conviction
31	31	information, conditions of bond, mental health adjudication
32	32	records, guardianship orders, and domestic violence protective
33	33	order information to counties and the Department of Public Safety
34	34	as necessary to perform duties assigned by law;
35	35	(5) maximize the automation and transmission of
36	36	criminal history and mental health records to the National Instant
37	37	Criminal Background Check System operated by the Federal Bureau of
38	38	Investigation and any other state or national criminal and mental
39	39	health record repositories determined by the office to be
40	40	appropriate;
41	41	(6) to the extent feasible, integrate with the
42	42	electronic filing system established under Section 72.031;
43	43	(7) provide a method for archiving expired domestic
44	44	violence protection orders; and
45	45	(8) provide privacy protections for sealed records and
46	46	other records protected by law.
47	47	(c) The office shall initially focus on establishing the
48	48	system in counties with a population of less than 20,000 and expand
49	49	the system to larger counties as time and money allow.
50	50	(d) Information in the statewide case management system is
51	51	exempt from disclosure under Chapter 552.
52	52	(e) The Department of Public Safety shall assist the office
53	53	in implementing the statewide case management system and ensuring
54	54	the system interacts with existing state and national criminal and
55	55	mental health record repositories. The office and department may
56	56	enter into a memorandum of understanding stating the duties of each
57	57	agency in implementing the system.
58	58	SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
59	59	of this Act, the Office of Court Administration of the Texas
60	60	Judicial System shall implement the statewide case management
61	61	system required by Section 72.0305, Government Code, as added by
62	62	this Act.
63	63	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.